PPT Checklist

This is an example of the minimum requirements.



World Author PowerPoint Checklist Must Have

Consistent background motif and layout (color scheme and “theme”)

Title Slide
* Title and Author of book
* Your name
* Graphic

Quotation Slide
* Quotation fitting thesis (maybe from the book or book jacket or from an online review)
* Graphic

Thesis Statement Slide
* One Sentence stating the five “Key Concepts”
o A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is an excellent depiction of survival, man’s inhumanity to man, revenge, four basic psychological needs, and decent burial.
* Graphic

Five “Key Concepts” Slides
* Direct quotation from the book appropriate for each specific concept
* Graphic
* Notes on a notes page (or on note cards) to support your idea

Closing Quotation Slide
* Quotation fitting thesis (maybe from the book. or book jacket or from an online review)
* Graphic

Works Cited Slide
Works Cited
Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007

“RUF Legacy.” Flickr. Yahoo images. November 10, 2008. http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinhane/264801104/

“Taylor Boycotts Hague Trail.” MWC. Google images. November 10, 2008. http://mwcnews.net/content/view/14901/51/

“World: Europe.” BBC News Online. Yahoo images. November 10, 2008. http:// news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/europe/1383998.stm

“Zimbabwe: No Rest for the Dead.” WOW.gm. November 8, 2007. Google images. November 10,2008. http://wow.gm/africa/zimbabwe/bulawayo/article/